Bank President Gives Art Museum Space To Relocate

HOLLYWOOD -- The Hollywood Art Museum, which was forced to vacate a downtown storefront earlier this month, will not be homeless.

The museum is moving two blocks east to a building near Young Circle Park owned by Home Savings president Tommy Wohl.

Wohl agreed to rent the museum the space temporarily for $1 a year until a permanent home can be found.

Since 1982, the museum had leased a storefront for $1 a year from Sun Bank, 2015 Hollywood Blvd. Bank officials asked the museum to leave to make room for renovations at the building.

Gert and Herb Tulk, who founded the museum 25 years ago, began moving their collection last weekend to Wohl`s building at 1843 Hollywood Blvd. on the west side of Young Circle. The museum will not open right away, Gert Tulk said.

``We`d like to use it as a business office to raise funds,`` she said. ``We`ll probably have small shows and outreach shows.``

The Tulks will continue trying to raise money for their proposed museum of science, art and technology, which they hope to open near Broward Community College`s South Campus in Pembroke Pines.

The Tulks began hauling dozens of chairs, statues, paintings and pedestals over to the new location.

``We`ll be leaving a lot of stuff that`s not necessary,`` Gert Tulk said. ``A lot of it is junk we should have gotten rid of a long time ago.``

Wohl, whose building is targeted for demolition by the city`s downtown redevelopment agency, said he was glad to help, even if it is only temporary.